In an Australian first, chronically ill patients in Queensland are being given hi-tech medical testing equipment to use at home, and linking them with on-call medical staff.

Twenty patients at West Moreton Hospital in Ipswich are taking part in the trial of MeCare, a personalised connected health management program, which the hospital undertook to save lives, conserve scarce resources, improve outcomes, and to keep patients out of the emergency department unless absolutely necessary.